Three friends met for coffee one late January morning and the conversation soon

turned to their New Year's diet resolutions.

One guy said he had started the year at 200 pounds and was pleased that he was already down to 182.

The second man admitted he'd not done too well; started at 196 and was only down to 193.

When the third guy was asked how he was doing, he sighed heavily and reported "I'm down to 4."

"Four? Four what? What do you mean---'Down to four'?" the first guy asked.

"When I get out of the shower", the third man began, "I dry off, put the lid down on the toilet and climb up on it. Then, I step off, land flat-footed on the floor and time how many seconds pass before everything stops moving."

"Like I said" he mumbled after sipping his coffee, "I'm down to four."